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| description | Hack, triple j's current affairs program, covers a range of topics of interest to young people in Australia & around the world - political, cultural, social and health issues. Hack Highlights podcast includes a selection of the best stories which have gone to air during the week on Hack. |
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| itunes:summary | Hack, triple j's current affairs program, covers a range of topics of interest to young people in Australia & around the world - political, cultural, social and health issues. Hack Highlights podcast includes a selection of the best stories which have gone to air during the week on Hack. |
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triple j's hack: Welcome to Karratha
Karratha. It's 1500 kilometres north of the most isolated city in the world. But don't think that means nothing's going on. Tday Hack's going AWOL to Karratha, Western Australia. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/08/2007
triple j's hack: The Other Side of Blue
Whatever your problem...shit happens and you can deal with it.Sometimes it's just not that easy to know how. That's the message from Michael Colling, a youth worker who helps young people improve their 'life skills'. He's the editor of a new book called 'The Other Side of Blue'. The book is a collection of stories from young people struggling with things like coming out at a young age or getting over a drug addiction. The central message is you're not the only one with your problem and you can get through it. Also here is Analee Matthews. She's written a chapter about her struggle to come to grips with her cultural identity. Analee was adopted from a Vietnamese orphanage when she was just 10 months old and brought to live in Australia. She has no idea who her parents are or why they gave her up. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 14/08/2007
triple j's hack: Military Gap Year
About to finish school? Don't know what to do? John Howard and the Defense Force have got plan for you... This story was first broadcast on triple j on 10/08/2007
triple j's hack: Thriller in Manilla
The cutting edge in prisoner rehabilitation usually involves career training, counslelling...and mass dance classes? Well it does in Manilla, at least according to a youtube video. Micheal Atkin has the details This story was first broadcast on triple j on 01/08/2007
triple j's hack: Malcom Turnbull on Eco-Regulation
A week from today. punters will be heading to Splendour in the Grass. 30 % of them have paid an extra $3.50 to buy the green ticket, which is meant to offset your emissions travelling to and from the festival. But when you buy any type of green ticket to a concert or festival how can you be sure that your emissions are being offset? The Offest company Splendour has chosen is one of the more reputable ones. But they operate in an industry that's not well regulated in Australia. The government has an offest accreditation scheme called Greenhouse Friendly. but it's only volutunary. Steve Cannane asked Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull why this is the case This story was first broadcast on triple j on 29/07/2007
triple j's hack: Homebake Goes Over18
Homebake this year will only be open to Over-18's. What are the reasons? What will the impact be? Michael Atkin investigates This story was first broadcast on triple j on 27/07/2007
triple j's hack: World junior surfing champ Sally Fitzgibbons
In the last year Sally Fitzgibbons' life has stepped up a gear. She's constantly travelling the world pursuing surfing glory and she hasn't wasted any time in getting there. She reached the heights of junior surfing this year by taking out the ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Portugal. In recent times more of her time is spent travelling the world's best surfing breaks, than at home in Gerringong on the New South Wales south coast. Sally's hectic tour schedule has forced her to pull out of Year 11 and she doesn't get to ride the normal waves of teenage life. But her success and the lifestyle that goes with it means the costs are dwarfed by the benefits. triple j's Tom Tilley went down to Gerringong to meet Sally and some of her mates to find out what it's like to go from school to surfing stardom at the age of 16. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 27/07/2007
triple j's hack: Indigenous Tours
Tourism is a massive industry in the Northern Territory everyday there's a procession of white campervans heading past Humpty Doo, to places like Kakadu National park and Nitmiluk aka Katherine gorge. Don is a 26-year-old Aboriginal guide. His offsider is 15-year-old Jai, who's part Maori. Don's been working in the industry for a few years, Jai just on the weekends and school holidays. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 24/07/2007
triple j's hack: Flickr, Virgin Mobile and You?
Try and remember the last really big night out you had? What if those very embarrassing pictures ended up on an advert for Virgin Mobile. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 23/07/2007
triple j's hack: Humpty Doo School
Do you ever sit in school and think "WHY AM I HERE?!" Well, meet some students who've done something about it... This story was first broadcast on triple j on 23/07/2007
triple j's hack: Fashionable Eye for the Blind Guy
You're young, hot, fashionable and... blind? How dyou stay up with the latest trends if you can't see them? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 23/07/2007
triple j's hack: Solar Villages
When did you become aware of climate change and the environmental costs of coal fired electricity? A year ago? 5 years ago? Well, some people in Humpty Doo have been seriously into living green for decades. So serious, that they set up their own solar powered village near the AWOL town. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 16/07/2007
triple j's hack: Rudd on Myspace
Yesterday on Hack we told you about the myspace invasion being led by Aussie politicians.One of those pollies is Opposition leader Kevin Rudd. His pimped up page is bursting with new friends, as we went to air Rudd was hanging with over THREE THOUSAND new buds. Michael Atkin asked Mr Rudd what would happen if any of his "friends" told him they didn't like his policies. Mr Rudd replied that in the democratic process we listen, but not just to lone voices. Here's what Michael asked next. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 12/07/2007
triple j's hack: Great Global Warming Swindle
Some say that the ABC shouldnt be airing it. Others say its truth. Hack caught up with David Karoly, a scientist who appears in the debate airing after the documentary This story was first broadcast on triple j on 12/07/2007
triple j's hack: Enviro-Death
When the inevitable happens and you pass away the options would seem pretty clear cut: cremation or burial? But those two traditional options might not be the most environmentally friendly. In Sweden, a biologist has developed a more ecological way of departing earth. This afternoon we're asking how do you want to go? Do you want a big tomb stone? Do you want to donate your body to science? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/07/2007
triple j's hack: Male Sexual Abuse
While women are overwhelmingly the biggest victims of sexual assault and men are almost always the perpetrators, close to one in five reports of sexual assault are from men. What's more - research from the Australian Institute of Family Studies suggests that for every report of male rape - another ten go unreported. A study from the Australian Centre for Sexual Assault suggests that social progress is 40 years behind in the area of male rape. That's part of the reason why Sexual Assault Support Service in Hobart have just released a pamphlet to reach out to men who have been victims of sexual assault. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/07/2007
triple j's hack: Gordon Carrera
How long can someone be detained without charge? Gordon Carrera is the BBC's Security Expert, here to compare the UK and Australian systems. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 10/07/2007
triple j's hack: Pig Shooting
Tom Tilly goes Pig Hunting in Humpty Doo This story was first broadcast on triple j on 10/07/2007
triple j's hack: What is Radical?
No we're not talking about "rad" the 80's word for awesome. We're talking about radical as in a departure from the mainstream. It used to be radical to be a greenie, does that description still fit? What does it mean to be radical in 2007? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 06/07/2007
triple j's hack: The Politics of Punk
You probably won't catch many Aussie musos spruiking for the major parties come election day. But while they may not be card carrying members that doesn't mean they're apathetic. In our first part of a series on MUSIC and POLITICS Michael Atkin has caught up with some punk bands who give a shit. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 05/07/2007